Sharp County record., 1887-01-13
HOUSED AT LAST.
The Frisco Express Robbers Be-
hind the Bars in st. Louis
us.t OF tie Money Returned to the Express
Compensatory of the Robbery tolu D5
Wittroclz, alias "Jim Cummings
-Fotheringham Innocent

-Fotheringham Innocent
ST IorIs. Jan lit was just half-past
aioht O'clock when the second scctlon ol
.ro;r M 4 Missouri Pacific, from Kansas
f,itv rolled into the Union depot. Inc
5Iizzard was raging furiously and FRED
Tittrocll known to fame as jim Cuh-
niogs. could consistently say lit was
,old day when he got left" NO sooner
mad the wheels stopped turning thah Ih9
Pipkerton party, led by "Bob, )" steppeu
out Of the sleeper Genoa. After BOD
rama Oneratives Ed Kearney and Wllllam
Wiibaskv. with "Jimn between them
SUPERINTENDENT Damsel, Secretary Me-
Law Marshall Mcdonald and a re-
rorter made up the rest OF the parry
When the piercing wind struck the PRISON
ar he nulled his slouch hat down over MS
ewes. turned up his coat collar ana grasp
inc his yellow leather valise WIN nrIH
grip. walked rapidly with his escort 10
ward Poplar street. On reachlhS Ile
street Wittrock. Bob Pinkerton and TWO
Of the operatives jumped into carnage
and were driven to the Office OF the Adams
Evnrpss Company Mr.. Pinkerton anu
bis prisoner stepped into the office, Where
, vaise containing about $4,000 oil lhe
hootv was returned to its righttul owners
Thn carriage was again called into requlsl-
lion. and five minutes later tn6 parry
entered the -Four Courts. Nlttroch
WAS taken to the chiefs ONCE, Wlete
he was formally introduced to Chle1 hue
glor by Mr. Pinkerton. ,vi..noo,,,s
tTbo most peculiar feature Of WlttrocK
oake.up is the manner in which he carries
his head Itnearly always inclines to the
,ort. due TO some spinal affection. Ha was
,rassed in heavy, dark overcoat, check-
ed sackcoat and vest and jean pantaloon''
There was no jewelry, no diamonds nor
other ornaments to which the proIesSIohol
thief is partial when he has stuff
The prisoner was turned over 10 an oI-
fcpr and was taken to the Central sJalloh'
whore he said his name was Fred. WITT
roaly twonty-six years of age, single ana
norm in Canada. He was searched ana
FIVE dollars, an open-face SILVER
watch and half dozen buncheS
# riclrettes were found in his
aossession. lie submitted very quietly 10
.ha searching process, not utterng Woru
5r paving any attention to the 'hrong OIL
noanfa surrounding him. He was taken
Down to the calabOose and Mr.. PInkertoh
-r7ered Il breakfast from Hoetlner' Tor
lim, After breakfast ne was visited by
repOrter and asked to make a full state,
.nept Of the conception and execution OF
ne robbery. He weighed every question
deliberately, laughed occasionally, and qua
not talk or appear at all like a man lof
whom the future had sack-cloJh and ashes
in store. lie said:
.Tbcre are some things that can not
talk about I have made promises not 10
speak on certain points, but it will come
out in aday or two"
"Haye YOU made a full statement to
Pmkcrton"
Il don't like to say any thing aboutthat
don't like to say any thing that will IN
igrn my friends. TO begin with, I'll say
acre that Farthingham is innocent ana
nv only object in writing the letters was
to prove his innocence. didn't know him
baf7re the night of October %, though l
had heard his name pvc seen it since,
tubrished'Fothertng gham, but had ictrom
good authority that his name was Farth,
jnrnap. Another thing-the woman had
nothing to do with this iob. Mrs. Halght
knew nothing about it; Halght knew noth-
;nr about it when the thing was donc''
"Can you tell mo of tho occurrences on
the express car on the night OF OCTOBER
2j!n
"That is one Of the points on which !
can't talk / want to say about Cook; he
didn't know anything about it until gave
him money"
'ls Wittrock your right names"
eyes, am tWenty-siX years old, born IN
Canada and moved to LcayenWorth in
1869 / went to school there and for six
years kent books for Burdettc q Hise, MIR.
Burdetta is Il prominent Odd-FelloW. |
left LcavenWorth about two years ago ana
went to Chicago, whore l went into small
coal business. am not a married man,
though nv nclghbors in Chicago thought l
was. came to ST. Louis about week be-
fore the robbery andrented aroom at Mrs
Rcrry's. Weaver was with me, but a few
DAYS before the business was done he
weakened and went back TO Chicago. l
went by the name of Williams at Mrs.
Berry's, ! see it is said that Cook was
with me there, but that is a mistake Cook
Was in Kansas City at the time"
Are the statements Of MOriarity true"
"What are they"
He says he was offered inducements to
20 into the scheme, and for $500 would
tell all he knew"
"Well, if he said that, he is a dirty
scoundrel. It's true that he promised to
assist NE, but when the timc came he
weakened and wouldn't keep the appoint
ment, When 1 made up my mind to do
the work ! picked out the smallest mes
souger on the road to hold up His name
was Hart, and I would have got him only
for the porter, who stopped in the car un-
til after it had started. That was the
Wednesday before the Monday the job was
done. Next night ] didn'tk know Fother-
ingham'5 namo, aud had to wait until
Monday to fix slings. Then Weaver weak
ened, and, though Tried my best to stiiTen
him up, it was no use and he skipped
back to Chicago. / made up my mind to
20 il alone, and so about seven o'clock
Chat night I went down to the depot 1t
was kind of rainy, and kept shady, and
didn't speak to any one"
"Did you speak to Wabash engineer"
NO, ! did not lie is mistaken, or else
he is lying, if he said 1 spoke to him. l
walked TO the express car and got IN the
side door,
"The engineer says Fotheringhamh helped
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